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  1. StraightEight

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    Open a free account with a photo hosting service. A lot of folks here use Photobucket (photobucket.com I think). Upload your pics to that (it's quite easy, and Photobucket automatically creates a URL for each pic) then use the "Insert image" icon above the text box you write your post into on FL...
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    favorite cars of the golden era

    Jensen CV8. Very rare, very cool. Saw one at Goodwood a couple of weeks ago. The back end is even stranger.
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    Al Sharpton called me "Dick Tracy" today...

    Great collection and fabulous look. I'm now inspired to go dig out my old White House press pass. Just a laminated card. I'm *just* old enough to have had one from the days when you just called the press office, gave them your social, and waited a day or so.
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    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    Beautiful!
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    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Mostly. The seat faces were reupholstered but the seat backs and the rest of the interior is original. I've done some refurb work on the engine and I'm installing a brand new exhaust manifold this week!
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    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    Chandigarh is very modern and clean but a bit antiseptic compared to the rest of India, or at least the parts that I saw. Don't miss Nek Chand's Rock Garden. It is eerily spectacular. Didn't go to Agra (next trip) or Jaipur. I was on a strict itinerary that had to do with a two-car Ferrari tour...
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    200 Years Of Newspapers

    Thank heavens Google is posting old newspapers online. Now we'll have something to read to replace the current newspapers that are dying off.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I'm a bit younger so I'll say: --live televised space shots --black and white TV --card catalogs --typewriters --neighborhood baseball games in the front yard --the warm-toast smell of a leaded gas car warming up on a cold morning. --cold mornings --lunchboxes --old...
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    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    Lucknow, India in May, before departing on a drive to Chandigarh.
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    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    The man knew how to pick 'em. Two Excaliburs, a Prowler, and a couple of tired Bentleys. Nothing worth more than about $15k.
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    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Mr.H, thanks for the kind words. The retouched photo is very cool. Do you have to do that manually or is there one button in Photoshop that is just marked "Kodak Duaflex treatment?" dhermann1, the Buick has the smaller 248cid straight eight, single carb setup. Compound carburetors were...
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    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Pictures from the drive to Pebble Beach last week. The Buick ran with needles right down the middle, even climbing the big Gaviota Pass and Santa Rosa grade, and I'm very proud of it. 353 miles each way, average speed of about 38 mph with stops, 16 mpg average. Mostly two-lanes but there were...
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    classic car restoration

    There are a handful of cars for which the costs of a full $150,000 restoration can be recovered, but for 95 percent of old cars, it's a money-loser.
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    Tongue And Groove Floor

    I don't sand too heavily, and I use one of those sanding sponges (probably like 200 grit). It depends on what finish you're going for. I like to feel the natural texture of the wood so I sand lightly just to remove major imperfections, then re-coat. It's a floor, not a cabinet or a violin. When...
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    Tongue And Groove Floor

    I've done two floors with 3/4" tongue and groove, the most recent pictured below. I'm not sure what the "newfangled" way is. The only way I know is a floor nailer, stain, and polyurethane. I highly recommend you rent a pneumatic nailer from your local Home Depot. I've done one by hand and...
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    MEN of the LOUNGE

    Thanks ladies and gents. I guess you could say I'm wearing Harley Earl tailored by Fisher Body...
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    Even if you don't like cars.....

    Been to the Nethercutt. Well worth the visit but you definitely have to reserve the tour in advance, as there's no point in going if you don't see them fire up that huge mechanical bandstand.
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    How about the WORST ads?

    Erm, okay...well that's just bizarre. The person who came up with that gem should be sentenced to five years on the Ex-Lax account.
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    Even if you don't like cars.....

    Fabulous destination for anyone in or visiting the Midwest. Got a ride in a Duesenberg J roadster there. Like being in an open cockpit biplane that never leaves the ground.
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    MEN of the LOUNGE

    When better cars are built, Buick will build them.

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